Wednesday, September 30, 2015

I was never a fan of John Giunta's work in the DC sci-fi/mystery comics of the sixties but his earlier work has grown on me, with this story having almost a Steranko vibe--before Steranko. Giunta mentored Frazetta, too!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Just because the Marvel superheroes weren't really around yet doesn't mean Kirby couldn't create a Marvel super-villain. Here's one now, in fact. Note the ad for the FF on the last page. There would soon be lots more super-villains. In fact, Marvel being Marvel, I'm surprised they never brought this guy back...or did they?

Monday, September 28, 2015

Here's five star reporter Scoop Scanlon--later played, believe it or not, by Durward Kirby on THE GARY MOORE SHOW in a sketch featuring Carol Burnett as Supergirl! In this early--and somewhat muddled--adventure, Scoop stumbles onto a pot farm!

Thursday, September 24, 2015

With articles about robots frequently turning up these days including a warning this week not to have sex with one (!), it's important to note that Jack Kirby--as he did with many innovations--foresaw it first.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The great GGA illustrator Jay Scott Pike passed away recently. In spite of his years of exemplary comics work, he remains known--if at all- for DC's DOLPHIN in 1968. Here, a little more than a decade earlier, we find Jay fiddling with some of the same themes and imagery at Atlas in what could be termed a Dolphin prototype story.

Old Time Movies DVD . Com

Contact

About Me

First published in 1968 (I was 9!), I have been writing professionally part-time for more than two decades. I have been freelancing for various authors, editors and publishers for the past three years on the behind-the-scenes tasks of writing.